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...They include the anti-ship intermediate range DF-21, which is viewed as a tool for deterring the US Navy and its aircraft carrier strike groups from operating in strategically important areas near China....
...for misadventure between US and Chinese militaries is similarly great; one reported close call in April involved China warning off a US guided-missile destroyer which was surveilling a Chinese aircraft carrier...
...Song Zhongping, a Chinese military commentator, said on Thursday on his video blog that a recent test by China of its DF-26 anti-ship missile known as the “carrier killer” was a “warning to provocateurs”...
...“Covid-19 has demonstrated how vulnerable US aircraft carriers are,” he adds, stressing that when the outbreak of the virus forced all four carriers in the region to stay in port, no US carrier was available...
...US aircraft carriers, which can cost up to $13bn to build, can be easily sunk by one of China’s DF-26 missiles, costing a few hundred thousand dollars....
...Among the retailers yet to report Christmas trading, Dixons Carphone lost 3.6 per cent to 188p, Kingfisher faded 2.3 per cent to 336.1p and DFS Furniture was off 4.3 per cent to 197.2p....
...The rest of the sector retreated following unexpectedly weak UK retail sales figures for May and a profit warning from sofa retailer DFS, which slumped 20.6 per cent to 200p....
...Beijing has been beefing up artificial islands in the South China Sea, while a new generation of weapons, including a stealth fighter, the DF-21D “carrier killer” missile and the 052D class destroyer, are...
...The low cost carrier has published a range of £490m to £495m. That compares with £686m last time and analysts’ forecasts of a profit figure of some £520m a month or so ago....
...The video showcases some of the People’s Liberation Army’s most advanced equipment, including aircraft carrier Liaoning, J-11 fighter jets, Type-99A tanks and DF-11 ballistic missiles, according to China...
...Analysts who had been expecting to catch the first public glimpse of the DF-21D “carrier-killer” missile were not disappointed....
...Whether the DF-21D is indeed the fearsome scourge of US maritime power is debated in the defence community....
...Shao Yongling, a colonel at the PLA’s Second Artillery Command College, told the Communist party-affiliated Global Times that Sunday’s rehearsal was the first time the DF-21D “carrier killer” missile had...
...(FT) In the news China's 'Guam Express' Beijing shocked military experts on Thursday with the unveiling of not only the DF-21D "carrier killer" missile but also an even more advanced warhead....
...China on Thursday also exhibited for the first time an advanced “carrier killer” ship-targeting missile, the DF-21D, said to be under development since 2011....
...The DFS has also sought information on a suspected bribe — which was rebuffed — to a Moscow employee....
...The DFS is questioning an arrangement that generates an estimated $60m in fees for Altisource and suggests it is being paid for acting as a middle man between Ocwen and an independent insurance carrier it...
...Taiwan itself has no aircraft carriers....
...There was much speculation on what caused the fall; Bloomberg posits it is because China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, agreed to carry a new Nokia phone which runs Windows 8....
...“carrier-killer” because of its potential to attack aircraft carriers, the central plank of US power projection in the Pacific....
...Olympic Airlines, the Greek flag-carrier, is facing bankruptcy soon after the Athens games finish unless the Greek government can implement an ambitious 11th-hour plan to turn round the airline....
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